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Couples who work well together are not just born to be together. More often than not they have struggled to create a relationship that works for both of them. Partners are not made for each other in Heaven, there is no Santa Clause and, sorry to say, sitting around waiting for a miracle to ... Views: 929
We all want to feel love; we want to give it and we want to get it. But, what happens if we don’t feel it?
In order to have a healthy, loving relationship we need to recognize that our partner may have a different description of love than we do. What does love mean to you? Your partner? How ... Views: 1679
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Commit to the seven core values of successful love and marriage and you can make your Valentine’s Day the best ever.
We have learned a lot about successful love and marriage in the USA and around the ... Views: 3763
When I got the news that I was being laid off, I reacted in such a nonchalant fashion that I’m sure most of my friends and colleagues thought I’d been dipping into the Zoloft bottle a little too often. Since this was the third round of layoffs at my company, I guess I was simply sick and tired ... Views: 3234
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***The Valentines Day Touch - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, the Official Guides To Marriage
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts
Give a Valentine’s Day present of touch to the one you love. What could be better or more meaningful? Here’s why it could just be the best Valentine’s Day present ever.
We have been married for 42 years and simply can’t keep our hands off of each ... Views: 2124
It is not uncommon for couples to encounter serious problems after marriage. It starts out positively enough. The excitement of initial romantic attraction is powerful. There are hopes and dreams of having a lifelong partner or soul mate, someone who embodies everything we have yearned for: ... Views: 1435
Your relationship has gotten so bad that you are talking about divorce - when you are talking at all. Should you consider a trial separation? Why and why not.
A trial separation is a huge step to take - an acknowledgement that your marriage is on the brink of collapse - a public statement of ... Views: 15577
Marriage and parenting require modeling listening skills. When your partner speaks, do you listen, interrupt, or walk away? What do your children see? Look inside to find out what one successful couple did.
Ed and Marilyn, married over 25 years, meet my husband, Jim, and me at a fancy ... Views: 899
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts
You spent a lifetime together raising children, going to work, going to meetings, and in general, meeting everyone else’s needs. Whether one or both of you worked outside of the home, you are now retired, together in the house alone . . . just you ... Views: 2418
What plans have you made to have a successful marriage? Couples plan and plan for a wonderful wedding, yet how many give much thought and effort into how to plan for a lasting and loving until death do us part marriage?
Tips to ponder!
1. Have realistic expectations for your marriage: I ... Views: 1066
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***Don't Fall In Love Blindly - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, the Official Guides To Marriage
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Here is an undeniable truth about life – actions speak louder than words! We know, you’ve heard this all before! But the truth is, you can, and must, judge a man by his actions and not by his words!
Words are cheap. Actions mean everything! ... Views: 5027
Let’s face it, monetary matters play an influential role in our romantic relationships, whether you find yourself married or in another serious relationship. While love is priceless, the role finances play in our relationships is a fundamental of our cultural-specific and universal beliefs ... Views: 1105
When does a marriage start? Not on the wedding day, and definitely not on the honeymoon. A marriage starts when the magical feeling of the wedding day starts to wear off, and the couple is faced with the monotony of everyday life. Who cleans up the toilet? Marriage isn’t all romantic ... Views: 804
Could your marriage use a boost? If you could unlock the door to happiness, would you? Would your children be happier if you were too? Inside you’ll discover one simple master key to becoming parents in love.
Because of busy lives, the demands of children, and little time for each other, is ... Views: 1206
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***Marriage Caribbean Style - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, the Official Guides To Marriage
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Here we sit gazing at the beautiful turquoise blue ocean from our perch on the balcony of our room at the Marriott Casa Magna in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. We are conducting interviews of successfully married couples in Mexico as we continue ... Views: 1810
Would you like a loving and lasting marriage? Do friendship, love-making, and a life filled with meaning appeal to you? If so, read how one couple I interviewed grew in their marriage with two special secrets that you can use too.
Bob and Nina, married 23 years, still look at each other with ... Views: 833
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We thought we had heard everything until this!
We heard recently that the Reverend Ed Young of the Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas told his congregation during a Sunday worship service that he wanted married couples in his congregation to ... Views: 4244
Did you know that of the over one million marriages that will end in divorce this year, two thirds to three quarters of those divorces will be filed for by women? What is this so-called, "Walk-away Wife" syndrome all about?
In the early years of marriage, women are the relationship caretakers. ... Views: 2982
As a long-time observer of relationships, I can tell you that, like children, marriages go through different developmental stages and predictable crises. But because people are unfamiliar with the normal hills and valleys of marriage, these predictable transitional periods are often ... Views: 1569
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Did you ever wonder why some people find the perfect person to marry, do so, and enjoy a love affair that lasts a lifetime? On the other hand, some marry a person that is wrong for them now, wrong for them tomorrow, and wrong for them for a ... Views: 5161
Divorce Coach Helps Save Marriages
This may seem unusual that a Business/Personal Coach who specializes in Divorce has a goal to help couples avoid divorce if at all possible.
Five Tips on How to Enjoy a Happy Marriage and Keep it That Way!
1) Focus on the strengths and the value that each of ... Views: 1041
A relationship should be based on equality. In relationship without equality one partner tries to control the other. Many fall into the trap of believing that their partner loves them because she or he says so. They become blind to the fact that their partner controls them through jealousy, ... Views: 14280
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***Parents and Holidays - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, the Official Guides To Marriage
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts
A parent’s love is with you everywhere. Every time you are far from home you are never alone. Your parents are always with you. They think about you. They worry about you. They always love you. They love you no matter what.
Truth is, most ... Views: 2003
Counseling is a very broad term. Most people generally think of psychotherapy and psychology as the realm of relationship counseling. They don’t realize the focus of psychology is on diseases of the mind and testing for those diseases. It is my understanding that actual family counseling is ... Views: 2391
Before you plan for other details of your wedding, you will have to think about the budget of it. As a matter of fact, you will need to know how much you can afford. This is why the budget is so important. You will need to consider it with your greatest care. Yet, there are couples who think ... Views: 822
This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Marriage. A marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate, and often created as a contract. Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz are the Official Guides to Marriage.
The ... Views: 1128
Marriage is a social, religious, spiritual, or legal union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock.
Marriage is an institution in which ... Views: 961
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***Home For The Holidays - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, the Official Guides To Marriage
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts
“Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays,
‘Cause no matter how far away you roam,
When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze,
For the holidays, you can’t beat home, sweet home.”
This very popular song's lyricist, Al Stillman, ... Views: 1980
A lot of couples will go for the idea of having an outdoor wedding nowadays. It is very true that such a wedding will be an interesting one. And most couples will find it very memorable. Yet, you should also realized that planning for such an event will require a bit more considerations when ... Views: 877
The effort required to learn how to be happily married is microscopic compared to the suffering that comes from getting a divorce.
If you start cutting down trees in a forest, at some point the forest is no longer anything other than a clump of trees. Where the forest is a very special ... Views: 1453
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts
Truth is, we miss our parents and our grandparents. True to the natural course of life, they are all gone now. They were parents in life and, in many ways, parents in death. They all lived long lives. They all lived full and productive lives. ... Views: 2142
I love to trail run. I love the exhiliration of running through the woods, feeling the ground beneath me. I'm usually just behind my yellow Lab. I don't live in what anyone would consider to be the Mecca of trail running.
But there is this one trail. . . I figure I have run it over 600 times. ... Views: 1130
In my Indianapolis Indiana private practice, often people come in when they are at the breaking point in a long troubled marriage and about to separate or feel hopeless about a long standing “loveless marriage” for many years. In other words, the relationship or marriage is in an ... Views: 663
Most newlyweds these days go on their honeymoon in order to celebrate the beginning of their new family. It is a wondrous occasion and this simple relationship advice will help you celebrate and remember it. Keep in mind this is too important a beginning to be like any other vacation you'll ever ... Views: 947
There is a really cool story about a guy in heaven who went to visit an old friend of his who, unfortunately, landed in hell.
He was completely surprised to find that the underworld had all the amenities you would expect to find in a great leisure community. His friend was so happy to see him. ... Views: 945
For a lot of people the term “happy marriage” has become an oxymoron. Even when I was a kid, we were listening to jokes on TV that made marriage seem like a battlefield instead of a refuge of peace in a battlefield world. The truth of the matter is that ignorance reigned. While ... Views: 1768
Although a woman’s mind is a mystery to both men and women, a woman’s heart is divine. Her heart, when open, spreads a joy that is felt by all in her presence. Our society is getting better at understanding the true strength and power of women, but much remains to be learned. There are still ... Views: 987
The destabilization of our current economy is the result of selfishness and greed. A huge number of people participated in what turned out to be a drunken party. Now that it is over, it is time to clean up and start again. I feel deeply for all who will suffer and offer this relationship ... Views: 939
The dynamics of a breakup
Relationship advice for those who are breaking up is still useful for getting a marriage back together. It should be known, however, that when both want to recapture the relationship it is an easier process.
Most often a relationship can be saved even when there is ... Views: 988
No, I'm not trying to be cheeky. Honest! Marriage counselors are good people. You like everyone else, do your best with what you know, but it's still a struggle for you to have a happy relationship because what makes a marriage work is not generally known. Western psychology is meant to identify ... Views: 1134
Plan your life and plan to love
The love you feel for each other is just the beginning.
It gets better every day,
And here is how!
Forget those people who tell you how your love and passion will take a back seat to the so called realities of life. What do they know! Just because “everybody” ... Views: 2089
During my live practice as a mediator, I focused on bringing marriages back together instead of helping people get a divorce; approximately 50% of the calls I received were from men. Interestingly, men seemed to be more desperate and at the same time resigned to the reality that their marriage ... Views: 995
When we find who we think might be the right one for marriage, we are never sure (unless we are sure) if our choice is correct. We bring them to our parents for dinner, we introduce them to our friends and we watch how other people react to them on dates, especially at restaurants. If we are ... Views: 4880
If the divorce rate tells us anything it is that women have not chosen their life mate well. I have listed the three most common errors that women make. Don’t become a divorce statistic. See if these common errors would be the ones you would make.
1) Is he drop-dead gorgeous? If he is ... Views: 1004
You have welcomed a new person to grow up in your family. You have in fact changed your family forever and it no longer belongs to just the two of you. Through your generosity and love you have opened your hearts and home and expanded yourselves to include your children. What you have done is ... Views: 884
When I sought to help married couples, it was because of my experience with the family law court system. I saw for myself how destructive it is for families and our society. It is like a predatory virus. As soon as you’re exposed to it, the door is open for tremendous suffering. It has ... Views: 1047
Warning: This Article is for Those who are Having Second Thoughts soon After the Wedding and are Not Pregnant and Don’t Have Children
If you’re wondering what you just did by getting married to this almost total stranger you are, unfortunately, not alone. Way too many people jump the gun and ... Views: 825
A centerpiece is the crowning glory of any table decoration. Choosing a centerpiece is vital: it has to go along with your color scheme and wedding theme. The right one can add a bit of drama to the reception that can make your wedding day a truly memorable one. A one-of-a-kind wedding ... Views: 2041
Do any of these statements describe your feelings?
___ You often feel that your partner criticizes you unfairly.
___ You feel that your partner consistently looks for nit-picking things to criticize.
____You feel that your partner routinely criticizes you for things that have been blown out ... Views: 1614
In the United States, it is around Thanksgiving, a time set aside to be thankful. For far too many people, it really becomes an opportunity to eat a big meal, watch a little football, and take a few days off work. Too bad!
What an opportunity to set aside a time to do what we should always ... Views: 1525